Spittoon or sanitary receptacle.



PATBNTE'D OCT. 16, 1906.

J. P. R. DE BRITTQ. SPITTOON 0R SANITARY REGEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.4, 1905. I

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSE PINTO RODRIGUES DE BRITTO, OF RIO DE J ANEIRO, BRAZIL.

SPITTOON OR SANITARY REOEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

Application filed October 4, 1905. Serial No. 281,291.

'zil, residing at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but

temporarily of Paris, France, (Avenue Victor Hugo 76, 78, 80, 88 haveinvented a certain new and useful Im Y rovement in Spittoons or SanitaryReoeptac es, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in spittoons or sanitaryreceptacles whereby they are rendered more sanitary, and consequentlyless liable to disseminate infectious germs and so spread disease.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of aspittoon of my improved construction, and Fig. 2 is a Vertical sectiontherethrough on line 90 y of Fig. 1.

The appliance comprises a preferably bellmouthed vessel or receiver a,mounted upon a support which may conveniently take the form of asemicircular column 0. The receiver a is preferably provided with aperforated gutter or the like 6, formed or mounted thereon in anysuitable position, such as the upper interior rim of the vessel a,whereby water or other cleansing or disinfecting fluid may be circulatedand caused to impinge upon the interior surface of the receiver a. Asupplypipe i, having a cock or tap f, is provided for the supply ofwater to the gutter b or interior of the receiver, and said cock or tapmay be actuated throu h the medium of a foot-pedal or foot-board g andlever e and which may be controlled by a spring k, or other convenientmeans of operating the stop-cockf may be employed.

The lower part of the receiver (1 opens into a si hon-pipe g, which inturn communicates wit a waste-pipe h, by means of which the contents ofthe spittoon are conveyed away. For greater convenience the front of thereceiver may be provided with an opening a,

and plugs g may be fitted in the siphon-pipe g for cleansing, draining,or other purposes.

The user on approaching the appliance places his foot'upon thefoot-treadled, therey operating the stop-cock f to cause water to flowinto the gutter b and impinge through openings therein onto the interiorsurface of the receiver a, over which it flows freely, and as the user,say, expectorates thereinto carries such eXpectoration away in a moistcondition into the siphon-pipe g, from which it is swept by the rush ofwater into the wastepipe h. On releasing the foot-treadle or the likethe spring 7c thereof returns the latter to its normal position,shutting off the supply of water, only allowing sufiicient to flow intothe siphon to act as a water seal, and so prevent the passa e of noxiousgerms or the like back through t e pipe h, and the appliance regains itsnormal condition.

What I claim is In combination with a vertical column having at theinterior thereof a dischargepipe, of an inverted bell-shaped vesselsupported at the uppermost terminal of the column and in communicationwith the discharge-pipe and having an entirely open top and front, thelatter terminating ap I'OXlmately near the bottom of said vesse saidvessel further provided with a rim at \the top thereof forming aperforated gutter terminating at opposite sides of the front opening,and means for supplyin a cleansing fluid through the gutter to t einterior of the vessel.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

JOSE PINTO RODRIGUES DE BRIT'IO.

Witnesses: I

HANSON G. Coxn, LUIZ GAnANHos CAVALOANTI.

